Refractive Surgery

NEW YORK — During a presentation at OSN New York 2019, William F. Wiley, MD, reviews his use of the Kamra inlay (CorneaGen) to address a difficult presbyopia case.

NEW YORK — In his presentation at OSN New York 2019, Uday Devgan, MD, demonstrates the insertion of the Juvene accommodating IOL (LensGen) and discusses its success rate. An FDA trial for the lens is expected to begin in early 2020.

NEW YORK — During her presentation at OSN New York 2019, Lisa Nijm, MD, JD, discusses the importance of obtaining informed consent from all premium IOL patients and being methodical, considerate and complete in all communication leading up to surgery.

Early in 2019, the FDA issued a notice of recall for all lots of the Raindrop near vision inlay. The alert was the most-read refractive-based story on Healio.com/OSN this past year.

Patients who underwent femtosecond lenticule extraction for the treatment of myopia and myopic astigmatism had stable results 10 years after the procedure.

The strongest risk factor in the progression of retinopathy was mean HbA1c, according to findings presented in Diabetes Care.

NEW YORK — The integration of SMILE into clinical practice takes patience and the willingness to experience a learning curve, a speaker said here.

NEW YORK — The 2019 Waring Medal was awarded to Hamed Hatami-Marbini, PhD, for his study on the influence of microstructure on the stiffening effects of corneal cross-linking.

Dr. Spencer Thornton lived his life to the fullest, and he touched and improved thousands of lives along the way. I was just one of the many. For the past 40 years, Spence has been my mentor, my friend, my confidant, and I have loved him like a brother. We weren’t actually born brothers — Spence was from the birthplace of country music. I was from a small suburb of Nashville called Cincinnati, Ohio, where my upbringing led me to believe that the South meant Florida over the Christmas holidays. I spent my childhood playing sports and studying to be an ophthalmologist like my father. In fact, I had never met a Southern gentleman, until our paths crossed one fateful day in San Diego in the early 1980s.

Which shoe do you put on first in the morning? Most of us have no idea because, although it’s part of a complex set of actions, we do it without conscious thought.